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A UK building society offering mortgages, savings and financial advice, owned by its members.

Last updated September 11, 2026

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Overview

Skipton Building Society is a UK building society that has been committed to looking after people and communities since 1853. It describes itself as the UK's fourth largest building society, offering mortgages, savings and financial advice through a network of 82 branches, and states that it is owned by its members.

History

Skipton Building Society states that since 1853 it has been committed to looking after people and the communities. It describes itself as the UK's fourth largest building society, offering mortgages, savings and financial advice through a network of 82 branches, and says it is owned by its members. It also states that as a mutual building society it does not answer to shareholders but to its members.

Products and positioning

Product categories. Mortgages · Savings · Financial advice

Recent events

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    Skipton partners with Rightmove on mortgage climate risk[5]

    Skipton Building Society partnered with Rightmove to assess current and future risks for every property in Skipton's back book over the next 80 years, using data from Ambiental Risk Analytics. Rightmove will also help Skipton address climate-change regulatory requirements from the Bank of England.

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    Skipton Building Society wins Disability Smart Customer Service Award 2021[6]

    Skipton Building Society won Disability Forum’s Disability Smart Customer Service Award 2021, in recognition of its work with Communications Access UK.

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    Skipton enters the 95% new-build mortgage market[7]

    Skipton Building Society became the first major lender to enter the 95% new-build mortgage market, launching two products available to the whole market.

  • Reported

    Skipton appoints Philip Moore as non-executive director[8]

    Skipton Building Society announced the appointment of Philip Moore as a non-executive director.

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    Skipton launches Open Banking-based paperless mortgage applications[9]

    Skipton Building Society adopted Experian’s Open Banking technology to let customers applying for a mortgage consent to secure access to their bank-account information instead of providing paper bank statements. The service was available to Skipton’s direct customers; a rollout to advisers was expected later.

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